Thoughts on GOD and TRUTH
(found somewhere in the middle of ultra-conservatism and flaming liberalism)

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Thought of the Day !!

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final
thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure,
and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of
praise.

Philippians 4:8 (NLT)

I wonder how many places my thoughts will lead
me to today? As I look out my window my thoughts are fixated on God's
beauty found in the red birds playing in the tree outside. In an hour or
two my thoughts will be fixated on how my stomach is telling me that it needs
to be filled. And during the day the various things of my work will be on
my mind.

But so many other things will go through our
minds in the span of a day's time. If we're not careful, many of these
can become negative. We can think about someone who hurt us or how we're
going to get back at them. We can focus on the ways we were mistreated
while out and about. We can complain about the weather because it's too
cold or too hot or too dry or too wet. If we're careful our day and our
lives can become one negative thought after another.

But this is what Paul teaches. "Fix
your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely,
and admirable. Think about things that are excellent (as opposed to not
up to par) and worthy of praise (as opposed to being complained
about)."

As the day progresses continue to say to
yourself these words; true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent
and worthy of praise. And then try to focus on these types of things as
opposed to the alternatives.